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the posts of his friends, their firing without stirring a foot, con- 

 tinuous ; and when they compared bags, Lord Malmsbury had 

 forty-five teal, and they had lying around them one hundred. 

 The day's bag consisted of two pheasants, a rabbit, three ducks, 

 and 177 teal. 



On the 21st of February, Lord Malmsbury and myself took 

 the same beat ; I was posted, and he drove the river. Our bag 

 on that day, late as the season was, was a woodcock, a golden 

 plover, seven ducks, and thirty-four teal. The following will 

 give some idea of the variety of game at Heron Court : 



Summary by gun, 1852-53. 



Blackcocks . . . . . 11 



Hares 82 



Rabbits ..... 92 



Pheasants . . . . .341 



Partridges ..... 243 



Woodcocks . . . . . 13 



Snipes ...... 176 



Ducks ...... 103 



Teal 609 



Widgeon . . . . . 2 



Tufted Ducks ..... 3 



Pochard ...... 5 



Pintail Ducks . . . . . 1 



Golden Eye ..... 2 



Shoveller ..... 2 



Landrail ..... 1 



Golden Plover ... .2 



Total 1688 



